Sd.Kfz. 252 LGM

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According to Spielbergers book on the StuG, it was part of the requirement for the SdKfz 252 that it carried one MG that could be mounted on an AA-mount.

That could be the origin for the assumption, that the vehicle had an MG.

I've seen one photo showing something which could be a mount for an MG on the front right corner of the top of the superstructure, but whether it is actually the case, I can't say.

If you could find a copy of an original German TOE for an early StuG battalion, you could probably see whether is had and MG.

The SdKfz 253 battery commander and observation vehicle does not seem to have had an MG at any point in its development, but there is a photo of the battery commander vehicle of 1/197 which sports an MG 08/15 mounted on the roof and a photo of an bservation SdKfz 253 from the same unit with an MG 34 mounted on the roof on what appears to be an arm allowing for AA-fire.